San Francisco

Finally second semester of nursing school is over!! i start third semester tomorrow, but i am looking forward to it. Now for some updates. In March Michael and I went and stayed with the Abinantes for a week and had fun playing in San Fransico. We did so much while we were there and we had tons of fun! On our drive there we got stuck in a snow storm in the pass in Nor Cal. It wasn't very fun, but we eventually made it and had a perfect week! We went to Alcatraz, The Golden Gate Bridge, Ghiradelli, Fisherman's Warf, Shopping, Haight Ashbury and everywhere else....

The O.R.

For clinical this week we got to go to the O.R. We were actually put in pairs of 2 and sent to different O.R's. I was sent to OutPatient...not that exciting. I watched 2 knee surgeries and when my last patient woke up, Morgan, from my class, came in and asked if I wanted to go watch a breast reduction. So I said I would go for a little since they said it was a 3-4 hour surgery. The Surgeon walked in and said, "I have been making them bigger all morning, and now I get to make them smaller." I thought they would cut a small incision and just suck out the fat, like lipo or something...well obviously I know nothing about breast reductions... it smelled bad, it was MESSY, and I saw a lot of fat. She must be really sore...

Nursing School

Sometimes when I am not studying I think to myself, goodness I never study for school, it isn't that bad. Then on days like today I look at the clock 12:53 am, and realize that all I did today was... went to church, studied, took a nap, studied, ate dinner, studied, took a bath (and studied), studied, studied, and studied... Now I am going to bed so I can wake up early to go...study. maybe I do study all of the time, and when I am not studying I am having so much fun that I forgot how much I really do study. Why did no one tell me how stressful nursing school was??? And why do I feel like I still know nothing...Time never goes by as fast as it does when you are trying to study or when you are doing homework assignments. This semester can not be over soon enough!

I'm giving blood right now.

Thoughts on the Bachelor

He picked Vienna, who we like to call Vienna Sausage because she looks like one. Is he blind???

My Hands

Last night I said, "Steph my hands are cold." She responded with, "well go stick them in the oven then!"

The statement was made as we were cooking a pizza in the oven at 400 degrees.

Lakers Game

Tuesday night I was at the hospital for clinical. I had the best nurse to follow and my nurse from last week was there again. My nurse had no shots for her patients but my nurse from last week had some and she knew I had never given one, so she asked me if I wanted to do them for her. OF COURSE!! I was so nervous as I was waiting to give them. Finally it was time...insulin first...ummm obviously no big deal, just press a button. Then it was time to put a real needle in (ok it was soo small but still...) so I went to put it in the stomach, but I didn't have enough force so it just stopped once it hit her skin. haha. Then I pulled the needle back further and jammed it in. It still had a hard time getting in. haha. I need some practice. I am just happy that I gave my first shot to a REAL patient! As for our lives, I am just trying to get through my horrible classes this semester(Nursing school is hard), and Michael is watching the Lakers game and saw Khloe Kardashian at the Magic Fashion Conference in Vegas yesterday. He was sad Lamar wasn't with her.

They're Here

My mom and dad finally made the big move to Utah!! We are so excited to have them here!! They brought Laura and Addison up with them last week! Addie is so funny! She kept chanting Mikey, Mikey, Mikey, MICHAEL. haha. She is crazy. and since they were here Andrea came over twice! So last week was a really fun week!!! Then I got really sick...too much fun and WAY too much stress from school.

Michael

Sometimes I sit back and wonder how I got so lucky marrying Michael! He is seriously the nicest person and is so so so nice to me! Wednesday is my long day and I got home late and he had me sit down and brought me dinner and everything I needed. Then when I was all situated he left to go play basketball. Haha. But seriously he is so good to me and the funniest guy. People might not know that about him but he is so funny! That is what won me over when we started dating. He is such a hard worker and is good at everything he does! He is such a good person and always is trying to make people happy. He always makes me want to be better and encourages me in everything I do...especially school! I love my cute funny nice husband!! I love you michael!!!

Nursing School

Nursing school is going to be the death of me. I have SOO much to do and learn and that is why I am blogging!! I am putting off all of my studying! Tonight we learned how to give shots!! It was kind of unreal. I have just never imagined giving someone a shot before. We practiced on each other tonight and will give them to our patients starting Tuesday at Clinical. I only did TB shots because I was to afraid to give IM's on real people. haha. And for anyone who has given a TB shot you will notice I am doing it totally wrong(it was my first one)!! My poor patients next week!!! Thank goodness the girls in my class are so nice and they let me practice multiple times on them!

Surprise Visit from the Abinantes

Matt and Chelsea called us late Thursday night and asked if it would be ok if they came for the weekend! So of course we said, YES! We had tons of fun with them. We went to eat at Kneaders, Pizza Pie Cafe, Cafe Rio, and of course...Red Robbin. Poor Matt got really sick their last day (I wonder why...look at what we ate!!) , but still managed to hang out and have fun! We went swimming, to the Nicklecade, the mall, and just hung out and talked a lot! We had so much fun! Thanks for comming to visit us!!

Christmas 09 in California

We spent Christmas in California this year and had tons of fun! Before we left for California Michael's parents took us and my brother Chris to the Utah Symphony which was a lot of fun. Then the next morning we flew out to Calironia to spend Christmas with my family. We were spoiled with too many presents and so much yummy food! My parents took us to eat at all of our favorite places. We ate at Farrell's Ice Parlor and had a HUGE ice cream sunday for dessert, El Ranchito, Panda Inn and of course Claim Jumper on Christmas Eve! And after we ate on Christmas Eve we all opened our matching pajamas and went and looked at Christmas lights! haha. It is so funny to see all of the big boys matching!! The girls shopped and the boys played a lot of basketball. And we got to play with the cutest little babies my 4 neices and nephew (with 2 more on the way this summer!!!) We had so so so much fun!

Already our 3rd Married Christmas!!!

We haven't posted in forever! I just finished my first semester of nursing school!!! I still can't believe I graduated and went straight back to school! I don't know what I was thinking! But I love the girls in my program and I love being in the hospital with my patients!! I am still working at Trendy Tots and Michael is working away and studying for his GMAT. I think he is enjoying his break from school before he has to go back! We are leaving Sunday to go to California for a week for Christmas with my family and will spend a few days after we get back with Michael's family. We had a great family Christmas party in Ogden tonight with Grandma and Grandpa Farrell and the Farrell family! We are excited for Christmas and the New Year! We are loving our lives and having tons of fun! We feel so blessed in every aspect of life!

I love these

I love these.

Haircut!!!!

Steph gave me a haircut today for the first time!!! I think it looks great!

Stew!!!!

Steph cooked a delicious stew for lunch today. I gave her a 10 out if 10 on the "how amazing is this stew?" scale!

It's cold again in Provo.

All I can remember about taking this picture is Stephanie yelling at me to hurry because it was so cold. So yeah it's cold now.

I'm not a morning person

I have to be at the hospital at 530 tomorrow morning! I am not a morning person and I am not sure if I am going to like the life of a nurse...I hope I wake up in time!!!

Steph goes to nursing school

Steph got into nursing school at Provo College! Woot that! Way to go Steph! She will start this Monday doing her labs and then after three weeks she will start doing clinicals at a hospital. So basically if you are sick just call her and she will tell you what to do. Go get 'em Steph.

4th of July Fun!

We had a busy and fun 4th of July weekend! On the 3rd Michael went four wheeling with my family and had lots of fun! Then on the 4th we got up and went on a really long walk. Then we went to a lunch bbq with my family and Michael went swimming and surfing on the wave simulator. He came home worn out and then got ready to go to our next bbq for dinner with my dad's family. I had lots of family in town and we had fun visiting with all of my cute cousins and family. After we left there we came home and played with Andrea and Ryan for a little. Ryan came over to ride my dad's Harley. Too bad we don't have pictures of that! Then we rode scooters up to my dad's cousins house and watched the stadium of fire fireworks from a great view!!! It was a fun filled weekend here in Provo!

Thanks for staying with us!

Last night we had the best guests! Alison and David came and stayed with us on their drive through to Wisconsin for Medical School! I miss not having Alison live near me and now she is moving even further away. I love that we can just sit and talk or just sit and watch tv or just sit and do nothing together. When you can sit and do nothing together that proves that you are "real" friends. haha.I think Laura and addison are going through depression with them gone! All of my friends leave me (and I don't have very many friends so I am in trouble....Andrea DO NOT move!) I had fun chatting with them until midnight and I could have talked all night long if they didn't have to drive 12 hours more the next morning!! I am so happy they stayed with us and we got to hang out before they move so far!! I am so excited for them and for their fun adventure in Wisconsin and Medical School!!!! Don't forget about this red head in Utah!!! Sorry no pictures from this visit...it was late at night.

Good Bye ALL of my friends!

Graduation was so happy and so sad! We do everything with Matt and Chelsea and consider them some of our best friends! I guess they were sick of hanging out with us because they packed their bags and moved away to Northern California!!! But we are so excited for them and happy that things are going well in California! Congrats on Medical School Matt! We already miss hanging out with you guys!!! Don't find too many friends to replace us!!

Michael turned 25!

Michael turned 25 on May 5th. It really was a perfect weekend for a birthday. One of his best friends was in town and the boys got to hang out and catch up while Chelsea and I talked and played with baby Aimee. Like usual. Life is flying by and we are trying to absorb every minute of it! We are having so much fun. I am married to the nicest cutest boy alive. I consider myself the luckiest girl in the world to have Michael as my husband!!!

A little Update since graduation!

Michael and I both graduated in April! Finally. We are so happy to be done with BYU. My mom and dad and my sister and her baby came up for it! My other sister and her family ended up coming the week before so we had a really fun 2 weeks with everyone! Michael got a job here in Provo and it is a perfect for him. He has great hours and it is right down the street from our house! He does really well there and is loving it. And I am back in school! I thought for sure when I graduated I would never go back to school, but 2 weeks later I was enrolled again! I am thinking about going to Nursing or Ultrasound School, but we will see what happens. Plans seem to change all of the time with us! I also just got a part time job at a baby boutique and I am so excited about it! I LOVE baby clothes. Life is great and we are so thankful for how wonderful life is for us! We are loving every minute of it! There is a quick update of our life!

Steph's Super Sweet 16!!!

Happy B-Day Slugger!

Steph chose Los Hermanos for dinner













and California Pizza Kitchen(2 days later)













and got the new ice cream cupcakes from Cold Stone from Greg and Emily.

















She also took a huge humanities test on her birthday... gotta love that!

BYU-I

Congrats to my brother Ryan and Cousin Vanessa for getting into BYU-I! It is seriously the funnest school!!!!! Michael and I both went there our Freshmen year and both LOVED it! Here's a Shout out to BYU-I who's about to get two of the cutest people ever!!!

BIG JUDES
Freezing cold weather--snow fights -of course with the opposite gender!
ultimate frisbee
cute Idaho boys!
and
cute girls!
Idaho Falls trips - to the mall with NO cute clothes!
Tons of school activities-concerts, etc... (because there are no sporting events)
Smaller Campus - Really friendly people on campus
Walking to the grocery store (and getting rides home from boys) or pay $1 and they deliver your groceries!
Less nerds than in Provo
Sand dunes
Caves
Curfew---sneaking out
and SO much more!

California Weekend

Michael and I got to go home last weekend for many fun events. First we got to go home to celebrate my mom's and our nephew neal's birthday party! Neal loves spider man so he had a spider man cake and lots of spider man decorations.

We also went home for Andrea's wedding! She looked so pretty and it was so much fun to see her and Ryan get married. They are so cute and happy together. I don't have any pictures, but i will post some when i find some! At the wedding we got to hang out with Alison and David. It was a moment i have been waiting for for a very long time.

We played a lot of games and ate good food and we got to meet our new niece Breanne. She is soo cute and makes lots of noise, but is a very good and nice baby. Baby Addison and Aimee had a lot of fun playing and talking with each other. It was soo cute.